Indeed, the Packers quarterback came away with his second MVP award on Saturday. It was hardly a surprise and Rodgers is certainly deserving, though this was likely the best chance for a defender will have to win the award for quite some time. Rodgers finished with 31 votes, more than double the 13 that J.J. Watt received.

The Texans defensive end naturally received the consolation Defensive Player of the Year award. Watt, however, wasn’t the only defender to receive an MVP vote. Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner received Tony Dungy’s MVP vote, which will remain puzzling unless Wagner reveals himself to be a huge homophobe too.

Rodgers’ and Watt’s vote total being whole numbers tells us that Peter King wasn’t the only indecisive voter who split their selection. We weren’t kidding ourselves into thinking PK is the only one involved with the process that makes it awful.

Here are some of the other notable awards handed out at NFL Honors:

Coach of the Year: Bruce Arians
Comeback Player of the Year: Rob Gronkowski
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Odell Beckham Jr.
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Aaron Donald
Offensive Player of the Year: DeMarco Murray
Assistant Coach of the Year: Todd Bowles
Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year: Thomas Davis

Finally, a category that is less an award than a sponsorship opportunity:

Well the good news is that Russell Wilson completed a pass. The bad news is everything else he did.

The Packers might have gone three and out on their first drive but a Michael Bennett offside penalty turned an opening series 3rd and 7 into a 3rd and 2. The Packers converted it with an Eddie Lacy run. Green Bay advanced to the edge of field goal range before Aaron Rodgers tried to test Richard Sherman in the end zone and ended up getting intercepted. So the whole “let’s try throwing on Sherman” netted an incompletion and an interception on the first drive.

A pass deflected off the hands of Jermaine Kearse and right to Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, who took the interception inside the 5, but an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty pushed the Packers back to the 19. John Kuhn initially had a score but his one-yard touchdown run was overturned on review. Eddie Lacy was then stuffed on the following play. The Packers settled for a short field goal instead for the game’s first points.

Doug Baldwin fumbled the ensuing kickoff and also managed to knee his teammate in the junk in the same motion.

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The Packers started with amazing field position again and once again, they came away with a field goal. At that point, it looked like Green Bay was squandering opportunities but the Seahawks kept shitting the bed.

A Seattle three and out followed. The Packers finally got in the end zone thanks to a 13-yard pass to Randall Cobb. Another Seattle three and out ensued. Cobb, however, dropped a wide open pass on 3rd and 13 that would have been a first down. Lucky for him, the refs bailed them out thanks to a questionable illegal hands to the face penalty on Cliff Avril. Green Bay couldn’t capitalize and came away with another field goal. So the Seahawks were down 16 and Earl Thomas had left the game with a shoulder injury.

On the next possession, the Seahawks finally got their opening first down of the game AND Russell Wilson got his first completion so it was pretty special for them. Not special enough to get points, but baby steps, I suppose. Wilson got a second completion on a give-up play to end the half. Only with Wilson’s

A somewhat gimpy Aaron Rodgers returns to CenturyLink Field, where he and the Packers were soundly defeated in the season’s opening game, during which Green Bay did not throw at Richard Sherman because they thought they were gaming the Seattle defense by lining up Jarrett Boykin on Sherman, as opposed to Jordy Nelson or Randall Cobb.

That hardly proved to be the silver bullet for Green Bay. The presumption is now that the Packers will abandon that strategy and go after Sherman at least a little today. I mean, I can’t say I endorse “well, not throwing at him didn’t work so let’s throw at him” as a gameplan, though I doubt it will be that simple.

Weather is expected to be as dreary and wet as we assume Seattle always is. As you might expect, rain and winds in excess of 10 mph have a deleterious effect on the passing game. So things aren’t shaping up too great for the Packers so far.

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The Seahawks ran for more than 200 yards in the Week 1 meeting, though at least the Packers won’t have to worry about the 20 percent that Percy Harvin accounted for. That doesn’t inspire confidence that the Packers can win a grind-it-out type of game in Seattle. Even if the Packers could somehow win the battle at the line of scrimmage, I’m not sure Mike McCarthy can be counted on not to try to air it out anyway.

So a game that already looked pretty favorable for the Seahawks now looks a little more so. Aaron Rodgers made some amazing throws playing through injury last week. He’ll need plenty more today if Green Bay hopes to get to Glendale.

No matter the winner, the Seahawks were going to get a battered quarterback at home in the NFC Championship. It just so happens it will be Aaron Rodgers, who made several amazing plays to earn the victory over the Cowboys, but is clearly without his usual mobility in the pocket.

Rodgers’ touchdown to Richard Rodgers for what ended up being the winning score will probably be one of the best throws of the postseason, but Green Bay is still very fortunate that the Dez Bryant catch on the ensuing Cowboys drive was overturned.

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Even had the Cowboys scored, there likely still would have been time for Green Bay to drive for a winning field goal. Of course, just as we’ll never know how the Lions game should have played out, we’ll never know with this one either.

And while it may be remembered as a game that Dallas was jobbed, it was an important first for Aaron Roders:

If the Packers win, it'll be the first second-half playoff comeback for Rodgers, who is 0-4 when trailing after 2 quarters in playoffs.

It’s clear that Aaron Rodgers’ calf has been affecting his mobility so far, preventing him from getting out of the pocket and doing extending the play type stuff. Though knowing he can’t move around as well, it would probably be best if Rodgers stopped holding the ball forever.

After a opening Cowboys three and out, Green Bay made it look super easy on their first possession. An Andrew Quarless touchdown capped a 10-play, 60-yard drive on which Eddie Lacy gained 45 on seven runs. It hasn’t been quite so easy since.

Dallas tied it on the following drive thanks in part to a wuestionable pass interference penalty on Tramon Williams on a second down play from just inside the 20. That put Dallas on the 1 and a thing called Tyler Clutts caught a short pass in the flat to take it in. On that play, Clay Matthews got away with an arguably ejection worthy late hit on Romo.

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Green Bay drove back to field goal range looking to take the lead back, but on a 3rd and 7, Rodgers was surprised by the snap. He got control but the brief distraction made him hold the ball too long, causing Rodgers to be stripped, with the fumble recovered by Jeremy Mincey.

Terrance Williams’ third postseason touchdown put Dallas up by a score. Anothers Packers drive was scuttled when a third down pass goes off the hands of Jordy Nelson going against single coverage. Dallas had a chance to make it a two-score game at half but a 50-yard Dan Bailey attempt went very far right. A nice completion to Randall Cobb along the sideline might have set Green Bay up for a score just before half, but a Rodgers sack just outside field goal range closed out the half.

Is this line call by Aaron Rodgers a subtle dig at Chris Christie? If that’s the case, he’s off by a state. Perhaps Aaron Rodgers just doesn’t like New York. I like to think Rodgers just comes up with seemingly provocative phrases just to mess with us.

Bozo is a West Coast offense code word, often involving a fullback in the flat. New York Bozo, maybe, is a special kind

It’s The Technically Below Freezing Bowl! I’m sure we’ll get several gratuitous shots of a thermometer during the broadcast to drive the point home that it’s cold in Lambeau Field.

So who will advance to play in Seattle next Sunday? Solely for storylines, you would assume the NFL would want Dallas to prevail. After all, the Cowboys were the only visiting team to win in CenturyLink Field this season. Plus it was the site of Tony Romo’s worst postseason disaster. Such a bounty of easily hyped narratives. I haven’t even gotten to the part about whether Chris Christie would go and I’m already exhausted by it.

So hopefully Aaron Rodgers’ calf isn’t enough of an issue to stymie Green Bay’s offense. Rodgers was held out of practice on Wednesday and limited on Thursday. The Packers were undefeated at home this season. In some ways, that doesn’t even capture how good they were playing at home. The Packers demolished teams. Though this would be the space to drop a trolly mention of Green Bay having a recent history of losing in the playoffs in Lambeau.

Detroit was able to menace Dallas’ vaunted offensive line for most of the game last week, but last I checked, Ndamukong Suh isn’t suiting up for the Packers today. Barring one of those Tony Romo meltdowns we crave so strongly, I think Dallas is going to be fine on offense today. With a healthy Aaron Rodgers, I’m confident that Green Bay wins. An Aaron Rodgers showing the effects of an injury, I’m certainly less so.

Ndamukong Suh’s latest run-in with the NFL and its rules will wind up coming at a pretty heavy cost to the Lions: media reports say that Suh has been suspended for Sunday’s playoff game at Dallas thanks to his stomp on Aaron Rodgers last night.

The @NFL suspends Ndamukong Suh without pay for 1 game, per a league spokesman. It is termed a “non-football act.”

Suh still gets to appeal the ruling but it’s not looking good, especially given Suh’s history of such shenanigans. And Adam Schefter is speculating (MAYBE! POSSIBLY!) that Suh could be done in Detroit after this latest stunt.

So if Ndamukong Suh loses appeal of one-game suspension, and Lions lose Sunday, could be a wrap on his time in Detroit.

On a play that gave the Packers a two-score lead in a game that determines who wins the NFC North and has at least a first-round bye, Green Bay has itself a huge scare, as Aaron Rodgers pulled up lame just before tossing the touchdown. Rodgers stayed down on the field after collapsing before being helped up. The Packers quarterback was carted to the locker room where he is being treated for a calf injury.

Rodgers strained his calf in a Week 16 victory over Tampa Bay. Concern over his health forced Green Bay to dress three quarterbacks for a change today. That the injury isn’t immediately thought to be an ACL problem might be some relief to the Packers, though it nonetheless has to be very concerning.

UPDATE: Rodgers returned to the field midway through the third quarter. It was a very emotional 30 minutes in Lambeau though.

Well that was quick. Sorry, Jeff Fisher, you no longer are the undisputed troll champion of even your own conference.

Let’s also take a moment to appreciate Aaron Rodgers’ genius. So, a few years ago, Brent Celek does a corporate sponsored celebration, and immediately gets a fine and has the celebration banned. Not too long after, Aaron Rodgers invents his belt celebration and THEN sells it to State Farm, leaving the league powerless. That’s good business brain stuff.